Lecture Meeting Times: Tuesday and Thursday 11-12:30 Botany Lab, Garber Hall, 208. Be on time. Late arrival in class may be considered absence.

Laboratory Meeting Times: 3-6 Wednesday. Botany Lab, Garber Hall.

Class Attendance: All students are required to attend all of the lectures and labs. If an absence is to be excused, it must be confirmed with the professor three days prior to, or within three days following, the absence.

Labs: Labs are very informal; however, you are expected to do your own work. You are expected to complete the assigned work in the assigned lab. Excused labs will be made up by assignment, following appointment with professor. All labs are due by 5:00 p.m. at end of the Wednesdays lab. Write-ups on experimental labs are due the lab period following that in which it was completed. THERE WILL BE NO SMOKING IN THE LECTURE OR LABORATORY AT ANY TIME.

Tests and Quizzes:
There may be a short quiz on Thursdays, as necessary. Major tests will be given at the end of each unit of work. Tests or quizzes missed on excused absences will be excused. Tests or quizzes missed on unexcused cuts will be averaged as zeros.

Project: Each student will be required to make a disease collection of ten plant specimens. Each collection will include a page of information, including a drawing of the plant, causal organism, and include reference where found. You are also required to isolate at least one pathogen to turn in with your collection. Collections are due December 11th. BEWARE however, winter comes early, and specimens are hard to distinguish from death by natural causes. Suggestion: make collections now and preserve them; then work on identification and report writing. If you have questions on the validity of the disease, consult the instructor. Waiting too long is not a good excuse. Lack of collection results in a zero grade averaged into final points.

Questions and discussion are welcome and encouraged. Feel free to stop the professor at any time to ask a question or to offer a pertinent point of interest. Each student is expected to have at least two personal conferences with the professor during the semester: one prior to mid-term and the other prior to finals. These meetings are not limited to two, but two is the minimum.

Cheating: Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Anyone suspected of cheating will be turned over to the faculty-student honor council with the recommendation of expulsion with a grade of F.